AIMING FOR A.J.: After hearing Bengals star A.J. Green say the Giants’ defense has holes in it, safety Antrel Rolle responded by saying the receiver should “duck” and his talking will be done with his pads on Sunday. Photo: CSM/Landov

AIMING FOR A.J.: After hearing Bengals star A.J. Green say the Giants’ defense has holes in it, safety Antrel Rolle responded by saying the receiver should “duck” and his talking will be done with his pads on Sunday. (CSM/Landov)

Duck, duck, Green.

Giants safety Antrel Rolle isn’t playing games and yesterday delivered a warning to Bengals stud receiver A.J. Green, who had the audacity to say the Giants secondary “has a lot of holes.’’

Rolle, upon hearing that slight, put Green on notice when the Giants on Sunday face the Bengals in Cincinnati.

“I’ll talk with my pads come Sunday,’’ Rolle said. “That’s how I approach the game. That’s how we always approach the game. If he sees me, he better duck. That’s it.’’

Duck?

“All I mean is I’m coming to play with my pads,’’ Rolle said. “I’m not here to talk, I’m not here to give him any back-and-forth altercation about what he said. If he sees holes — every defense has them, I’m not saying he’s wrong — but I’m coming to play ball with my pads. I don’t need to do any talking back and forth and say we don’t have holes or I’m angry. I’m not angry at all. But I will be coming to play with my pads.’’

As if he did not make himself crystal clear, Rolle also added: “If I get a chance, I’m coming across,’’ meaning he’s coming over the middle in search of Green.

All of this certainly spices up an out-of-conference game that otherwise would lack any real sizzle. The spark was lit by Green’s comments earlier in the morning on WFAN. He praised the Giants’ front four and pass rush but, asked if he starts salivating when he takes a look at the Giants defensive backfield, offered up his true feelings.

“I feel like they’ve got a lot of holes in their defense,” Green said. “But their front four, they get so much pressure on the quarterback and a lot of people don’t have that much time to get the big plays on the field. We just have to be solid up front and we’ll see what happens.”

Never mind if what Green believes and what Giants fans fear is one and the same thing, that without a ferocious pass rush the back end has difficulty holding up. The secondary was exploited once in last week’s 24-20 loss to the Steelers when Mike Wallace broke free for a 51-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown.

Green, a second-year player from Georgia, can back up his words. He’s a huge (6-foot-4) target and is tied for seventh in the NFL with 51 receptions, has 735 receiving yards and is tied for the lead among receivers with eight touchdown catches. No other Bengals receiver has more than two touchdown receptions, so the Giants won’t have a problem knowing whom Andy Dalton is targeting when he looks into the end zone.

“You can’t take anything from A.J. Green,’’ Rolle said. “He’s a great receiver; I think definitely their best player on the offensive side of the ball. He’s made a number of plays for them and I think his relationship with Dalton is something special.’’

Cornerback Prince Amukamara called Green “flawless,’’ but Rolle didn’t agree with that assessment.

Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said: “There’s holes in every defense and there’s holes in every offense.’’

Safety Stevie Brown said: “It’s nothing like we have to go out there and prove and show him there’s no holes or anything like that. We’ll just let our play speak for itself.’’

It figures Corey Webster will be the primary cornerback assigned to Green, because Webster is usually at his best against bigger receivers. Webster declined to be interviewed. Amukamara also will get his shot, and he agreed the Giants would like to make Green eat his words.

“That’s always the goal,’’ Amukamara said.

As for Rolle, he’s just itching to fly in from his deep safety spot and fill one of those holes Green sees in the Giants’ defense.

“I don’t give a flying [bleep] about what he says, I really could care less,’’ Rolle said. “Have we given up plays? Yeah, we’ve given up plays. So I can definitely see why he says that. At the same time, we’re winning games.

“I think every defense has holes in it. If he sees holes, hopefully he’ll find them.’’